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STILETTO (stilettoeing)
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Irregular inflected form: stilettoeing
Dictionary entry overview: What does stiletto mean?
• STILETTO (noun)
The noun STILETTO has 1 sense:
1. a small dagger with a tapered blade
Familiarity information: STILETTO used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A small dagger with a tapered blade
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("stiletto" is a kind of...):
dagger; sticker (a short knife with a pointed blade used for piercing or stabbing)
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